- Release Date:
- April 14, 2023
- Director:
- Chris McKay
- Rating:
- R
- Main Genre:
- Horror
- Studio:
- Skybound Entertainment, Universal Pictures
- Writers:
- Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ridley
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Summary
R.M. Renfield (Nicholas Hoult) decides to leave his centuries-long line of work as a henchman and familiar to Count Dracula (Nicolas Cage) and finds a new lease on life in modern day New Orleans when he falls in love with a feisty but perennially aggressive traffic cop named Rebecca Quincy (Awkwafina).
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